WAUKON -- A single chair sits along the baseline of the Waukon High School gymnasium during an early-morning holiday-break girls' basketball practice.Gene Klinge can't sit still in it, but doesn't wander far from it."I can't explain it," Klinge said. "I just can't stand up for ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 4:CEDAR RAPIDS PRAIRIE at IOWA CITY WESTTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Friday, at Trojan FieldRecords and rankings: Prairie is 2-1; Class 4A second-rated West is 3-0.Notable: After starting 2-0, Prairie absorbed a 48-14 thumping at the hands of ...

MAYNARD -- Powerful, yet merciful.West Central scored on its first six drives and rolled up 56 first-half points, then took the foot off the pedal in the second half of a 62-8 romp over Cedar Valley Christian in the Huskies' debut to varsity football Friday night ...

His name is Eric Gustafson.He's a freshman at Cedar Valley Christian. And he's the only member of his football team who has played in an organized game, tackle-style.Gustafson played two years at Roosevelt Middle School. As a ninth-grader, he's one of the youngest Huskies.In football ...

MARION -- They're starting from scratch. And that's no stretch.The Cedar Valley Christian Huskies broke camp at St. Joseph Catholic Church on Thursday, a football team with virtually no football experience. And just three weeks from their first game, against a perennial powerhouse."We've kind of ...

Waukon girls' basketball coach Gene Klinge has been selected as the 2011 Morgan Wootten Award for Lifetime Achievement in Coaching High School Basketball.Klinge is the all-time wins leader among girls' coaches in Iowa, with a 49-year record of 968-225. His career began in 1962, and ...

The week's top area football games:CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON at LINN-MARTime & place: 7:15 p.m., at Armstrong FieldRecords: Washington is 5-1; Linn-Mar is 6-0.Notable: A difficult stretch run kicks in for Class 4A sixth-ranked Linn-Mar; the Lions close the regular season with Washington, Iowa City High ...

It was nearly 11 o'clock Friday night, and the lights remained on at Spartan Stadium.Kevin Miller and his coaching staff stood in a circle near midfield, searching for answers. For the first time in more than three years, they were digesting a defeat.Class 2A top-rated ...

CLASS 4ACedar Rapids Xavier at ClintonTime & place: 7 p.m., at Clinton.Radio: KMRY-AM (1450), KGYM-AM (1600).Records: No. 8 Xavier is 9-2; No. 3 Clinton is 11-0.Notable: Four days after holding Linn-Mar’s Jer Garman to 32 yards in a 41-3 stroll, the Saints try to slow another ...

CLASS 4ACedar Rapids Xavier at ClintonTime & place: 7 p.m., at Clinton.Radio: KMRY-AM (1450), KGYM-AM (1600).Records: No. 8 Xavier is 9-2; No. 3 Clinton is 11-0.Notable: Four days after holding Linn-Mar’s Jer Garman to 32 yards in a 41-3 stroll, the Saints try to slow another ...